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Don’t be afraid of new ideas. Be afraid of old ideas. They keep you where you are and stop you from growing and moving forward. Concentrate on where you want to go, not on what you fear.
- Anthony Robbins
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Walking through the Meadows after work, after weeks of rubbish weather (and even almost wintry weather!) it is fairly warm and actually spring-like, lovely golden light this evening. I decided to walk home through the Meadows as it was so nice, busy with plenty of folks enjoying it, eating, drinking and relaxing in the large park. Then As I walked along I saw this chap who had strung up a hammock between some of the trees and was laid back and relaxing. Now that is the right idea (although I'd add a cocktail to the setup)
Thanks to the grim weather on this day, this photo looks like a black-and-white shot, not colour. Just looking at this image makes me shiver, though in reality, it was not a bitterly cold day.
On 22 January 2016, I was fortunate enough to get a place on a bus trip to Lake Louise and the annual Ice Sculpture display, Banff National Park, in the Rocky Mountains. It is a two-hour drive west of Calgary. Of course, any time a bus trip is organized way ahead of the day, you have no idea what the weather is going to be like. The weather was grim all day, with snow all day long, turning to really heavy, wet snow when we stood in the parking lot at the end of the day. No sign of the sun, which made photography a real challenge. There were so many people visiting the area that it was almost impossible to get photos without at least a few people included. As you can see, even the mountains had mostly disappeared. Our bus driver, Tim, did a wonderful job of getting us to the lake and all the way back to Calgary. I was just so thankful that I wasn't driving!
Some of the group chose to snowshoe, others to walk/hike, and others to join Anne Belton's group for birding. I was expecting a stroll along the lake shore and around the Chateau grounds, lol, but instead we did a hike along the creek all the way to Lake Louise Village, roughly 4.2 km! The trail though the forest was very narrow - wide enough for heavy winter boots and icers plus maybe a couple of inches on either side. If you were unlucky enough to walk an inch further, you would have one leg plunge into snow up to your knee or higher. I was so thankful that this didn't happen to me, but it did mean that my eyes were looking downwards all the time instead of soaking up the glorious, snow-covered forest. The snow was so thick on the trees and when it became just too heavy for a branch to support, you stood the risk of being snow-bombed from high above. A lot of the trail was downhill - never fun in such conditions, but we all took it very slowly, though there were several tumbles or someone would end up travelling on their rear end. Not the easiset hike, but the surroundings couldn't have been more beautiful. Thankfully, the bus driver had arranged to drive down to the Village ready to pick us up and take us back uphill to the Lake.
As for the birds, well, they obviously didn't particularly like the grey, snowy day and stayed in hiding, other than several Common Ravens, a couple of Magpies, one or two Clark's Nutcrackers and two House Sparrows. Back at the Chateau, two of the birders did see a very distant Stellar's Jay - always a lovely bird to see, but it was too far for them to get photos.
We had time to wander round the Ice Scuptures area, in front of the Chateau. Some amazing work created by sculptors from various parts of the world. The one in this photo was titled "Canoe with three warriors", by Team Sakha from Russia. It won "Third Place" and "People's Choice Award". I think it was my favourite sculpture.
"Winter comes alive in iconic Lake Louise, Alberta. Ice Magic Festival, January 15 - 24, 2016 is a world class event with over 20 years under its belt. Talented ice artists from around the world delicately balance grueling physical labour with precision artistry in a 34 hour International Ice Carving Competition.
Jaw-dropping scenery sets the stage as ice carving teams of 2 create sculptures illustrating their interpretations of our chosen theme for 2016: Earth, Wind, Fire & Water - Elements of Life." Taken from link below. I love that the prize money for this competition is only a comparativey small amount, which I think shows that the carvers do what they do for love of the art, not for the money : )
Team Ice Carving Competition
1st Place: $2,500
2nd Place: $1,500
3rd Place: $750
Carver's Choice: $750
People's Choice: $500
One Carver, One Hour, One Block
1st Place: $1,000
2nd Place: $300
3rd Place: $200
People's Choice: $250
www.banfflakelouise.com/Area-Events/Festivals/Winter/Snow...
So, a wonderful day trip for us all in breathtaking surroundings. I am especially appreciative, as I don't drive to the mountains, so rarely get to see them. Many thanks to FLC for doing such a great job of organizing this most enjoyable day for us. Thanks to Anne Belton for taking some of us on a beautiful, though not easy, hike through the forest. Definitely a day to remember.
So since we let the florist go due to not listening to me - I decided to make a centerpiece of my own and I love it! I added the other pumpkin on the table just for color and love all the colors!!!
Added some blocks and a turtle and mermaid head (to go with the tail :D also kinda looks like an octopus?)
Row 1: John, SandyB, John, Laural
Row 2: chinarockfishakm, John, me, whoopdedoo
Row 3: KRB, Audrey
I'm expecting 5 more blocks from my group and I want to make another block or two for myself, maybe for the back :)
I've received Laural's and KRB's and John's blocks back already!
I can't wait to star assembling the top!
Thanks, everyone, for beautiful blocks!
Now this photo gives a better idea of what this dress is like. it is soooooo light and floaty that if feels like I am not wearing anything. Now I am looking forward to a nice warm summers day so as I can just stroll around in this lovely dress
A short, steep section on my home-trail, shot by my daughter
You never really see how steep it is, but if you look at the birch-trees on the right and then back at the trail and at what angle it drops, you get an idea ;o)
Paillencourt (F) 2020
all rights: Stefan Schmitz
I recently created these two pieces for the latest issue of Ideas Illustrated. The story revolves around themes of luck, philosophy and love. It's writen by Stephen Trombley.
You can buy the magazine here www.ideas-illustrated.com/
(Thanks to Paul Malon for some of the imagery featured in this project)
All contents © copyright Randy Mora 2012
From pagan fertility rituals to hallucinogenic herbs, the story of witches and brooms is a wild ride. The evil green-skinned witch flying on her magic broomstick may be a Halloween icon—and a well-worn stereotype. But the actual history behind how witches came to be associated with such an everyday household object is anything but dull. It's not clear exactly when the broom itself was first invented, but the act of sweeping goes back to ancient times, when people likely used bunches of thin sticks, reeds and other natural fibers to sweep aside dust or ash from a fire or hearth.
As J. Bryan Lowder writes , this household task even shows up in the New Testament, which dates to the first and second centuries AD.
From the beginning, brooms and besoms were associated primarily with women, and this ubiquitous household object became a powerful symbol of female domesticity..
Despite this, the first witch to confess to riding a broom or besom was a man : Guillaume Edelin.
Edelin was a priest from Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris.
He was arrested in 1453 and tried for witchcraft after publicly criticizing the church's warnings about witches.
His confession came under torture, and he eventually repented, but was still imprisoned for life.
Edelin was the Prior of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, an Augustinian and a Doctor of Divinity. He promulgated the idea that it was impossible for the Devil to make pacts or witches to fly on brooms. After being arrested, he confessed that he had signed a compact with the Devil to satisfy his carnal desires, part of this being that he pretend that witchcraft was impossible. The compact was afterwards found upon his person. He also confessed that he had "done homage to the Enemy, under the form of a sheep, by kissing his posteriors," and to having gone to the Sabbath "mounted on a balai", the first reference to the use of a broomstick in connection with witchcraft
After his capture, he repented and was imprisoned for the rest of his life in the city of Évreux.
Thank you very much to the 1400 guys and girls who voted for my Porsche 917K lego Ideas project.
Only 2 months to catch 5000 votes......that means it will probably not make it. Anyway, i'm happy to have reached this number of supporters.
Finally, after about 5 months of on-and-off building, my contribution to the Mecha Telephone Game is complete! I took way longer than I thought I would, but I've had a lot going on so I've had much less building time in general. Anyway, onto the build!
So this is the spiritual successor to Marco's Wanderer. I tried to keep a few key design elements while adding in a hearty serving of my own ideas. The Striker retains the beefy legs from the Wanderer (mainly the thighs) and the two black-and-white weapons on the sides. I combined the idea of the little red "eye" on the front of the Wanderer with the machine gun underneath it to create a little head with a small anti-personnel gun on it. I tried to fit a minifig inside mine, but the torso is much smaller than the Wanderer's so it was pretty much impossible. I ended up just making it an AI unit.
Definitely the biggest new thing I added is that giant cannon on top of the Striker. I wanted to put something on top of the main body, but the past designs haven't had anything. I thought it looked too plain so I had the idea of just converting the entire mech into what is essentially a mobile artillery platform. The gun can move up and down a bit, and the little supports on the front of it slide up and down the barrel accordingly.
By far the biggest challenge with this build was the legs. I started out with them, but my initial attempts were incredibly flimsy and always buckled under their own weight. I ended up having to double up on ball joints at the knees, and use click hinges for the second joint. Even with this much beefier design, however, it can buckle under its own weight in certain poses.
Anyway, in a few days I'll be sending this off to Omar, so that he can build his interpretation of it. Two more builds and the first round of the MTG will finally be complete!
Okay, time to round up those bookstore gift certificates and head out for some wonderful after-Christmas sales. And I've got just the idea! :) This is my first and probably last shameless promotion of a good friend...
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Before my first trip to Sweden several years ago, I was introduced, through a mutual friend via email, to a very nice man ... Johan Theorin. We struck up a friendship, and he eventually offered to show me around his city of Göteborg. We met in the summer of that year, and he was nicer in person than he was over email.
Working at a small publisher doing translations, and the like, he told me of a book he was working on that would hopefully one day be published. I was excited to find, in 2006, that his book was complete and being published locally in Sweden. In July of that year I took my family over there for a holiday to meet my Swedish friend and his family. His mother and father lived on the opposite coast on the island of Öland, and were nice enough to accept the four of us to visit them after I conducted my business in Göteborg.
We spent 2-3 days with his parents showing us all over the island. They became good friends and are amazingly generous people.
And here we are at the end of 2008, and again I am excited to find Johan's book is now translated in who-knows-how-many languages, and is available for the first time through a North American distributor with a fresh new translation.
Echoes From the Dead, not nearly as morbid as it may sound, is now available for you to go out and buy about 30 copies each. *lol* It is an honestly great first attempt at fiction, and he has already completed his second book. I'm so very proud of my friend, Johan, and wish him success.
Congratulation, Mr. Theorin...
I feel so energized by photography right now. I am busy with portrait work and keep coming up with self portrait idea that I want to pursue. I can't create them all so for now I just write them down in my "idea book".
Thanks you for all the inspiration Fickr!
At least that’s how I feel most of the time (LOL)!
Had this last minute idea and had to execute!!! sorry for the late entry gang!!!
Macro Monday project – 01/24/11
"Imagination”
38in x 23.7in. Digital Photography. I took this photo because I searched for cool ideas with lightbulbs and got an example of someone capturing the sunlight through the bulb and I thought it was really cool. This photo was taken with a view of the Phoenix Mountain Preserves so that is what you see in the background. The sun was about 25 minutes away from going behind the mountains. I took this photo with a shutter speed of 1/400th of a second, an ISO of 100, and an aperture of 8.0. I think this photo turned out okay. I wanted the light coming through the lightbulb to be a little bit more orange, but it was a cloudy day and the clouds were turning the sunlight very white. I boosted the contrast and saturation on this quite a bit. I boosted the curves substantially as well to get the mid-tones as well. It helped get the light bulb an orange tint like I wanted. I especially like the sunlight line on the inside of my hand where I am holding the bulb. I think that helps out the photo very much.
Just working on some more Ideas for the next build. want to implement a higher detail into every build and push the unique quality each time.
I realize now I forgot to tell you all this was on LEGO Ideas. Support has been awesome so far, and with your help, this could be an official LEGO set!
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